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04/07/2011

Sword enhances Excalibur Legal DMS with Client Extranet Portal for Lewis Silkin

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23/02/2011

Sword Insurance Launches Leading Global Insurer’s new Lloyd’s syndicate: R&Q

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 17/02/2011

Bally Total Fitness Selects Sword Ciboodle as Lead Contact Center Technology Provider to Reinvigorate their Customer Service Program

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 13/01/2011

Lewis Silkin in law firm first with tech product launch
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 05/11/10

Sword CTSpace Selected as Best of Showcase Finalist at IBM IOD 2010

 

 28/10/2010

Sword FircoSoft expands its presence in the Insurance Market with Zurich


 

23/09/2010

Santander goes live with Sword Apak’s wholesale finance system at Volvo Cars UK

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16/09/2010

Sword Apak goes live at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services France

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17/09/2010
Sword AgencyPort Releases New Version of AgencyConnect™

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03/06/2010
Sword Ciboodle Harnesses SAS to Gain Insight into the Mind of the Customer

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26/05/2010
Sword AgencyPort Receives 2010 RAVE Award(s) from Tech Decisions and Novarica

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26/05/2010
Sword AgencyPort Wins Three 2010 ACORD Awards

Awards cite successful implementations with Aon Benfield and Concord Group. 

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24/05/2010
Sword AgencyPort Launches Commercial Lines Book-Rolling Platform

Building on success in Personal Lines, carriers get the same efficiencies in Commercial Lines. 

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24/05/2010
Sword AgencyPort’s Leading Web Portal Now Multilingual

New Release improves ToolKit and overall agent user experience; Portal Launching in Spanish. 

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20/05/2010
Sword Launches Web Site for Insurance Division

New Era For Insurance Technology 

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28/04/2010
Sword Apak announces partnership with Alliance
Inspection Management (AiM) 
Wholesale floorplanning specialists, Sword Apak, announced today that it has agreed a marketing partnership with AiM, a leading provider of vehicle inspection and wholesale audit services.
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15/04/2010
GARTNER report identifies Sword Group as leader in European Policy Administration

Seven vendors dominate the European market for general insurance policy administration systems 

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13/04/2010
SWORD CIBOODLE NAMED IN FIRST NOVARICA INSURANCE US CRM REPORT
Chicago – April 13, 2010 - Sword Ciboodle, provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced it has been included in research and advisory firm, Novarica’s, first ever report examining the CRM vendor landscape in the US.
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20/03/2010
AgencyPort among Fastest Growing Companies in Massachusetts
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24/02/2010
Australian Unity selects Sword Ciboodle as platform for Customer Experience Management
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24/02/2010
P&C Carriers Trust AgencyPort According to New Report
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17/02/2010
AgencyPort Implementation Helps Earn Harford Mutual Award from Celent
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8/02/2010
Sword Apak announces partnership with AutoVIN
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28/01/2010
AgencyPort chosen by AON Benfield to launch facultative reinsurance platform
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20/01/2010
Sword Group announces plans to launch Legal Document Management Solution based on Microsoft SharePoint platform 
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12/01/2010
Sony Europe consolidates its CRM application with Sword Ciboodle and Dimension Data 
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03/12/2009
Sword Ciboodle voted a Top 10 call centre technology 

Readers of Call Centre Helper recognise company’s strengths in the contact centre Read more

 

19/11/2009
Sword Group acquires AgencyPort 

First Combination of Distribution, Policy Administration and CRM Components to the P&C Industry Read more

 

27/10/2009
Marie Curie turns to Sword Ciboodle for best patient service 

Enhanced referral system and improved reporting cited as key goals for cancer charity.  Read more

 

20/10/2009
Queensland Government departments select Sword Ciboodle to deliver new contact centre project

Product’s ability to deliver high quality customer service over multiple channels cited as a key factor in decision.  Read more

 

29/09/2009
Sword Ciboodle delivers value in 15 weeks for BGL Group

Correspondence-handling solution streamlines mail delivery and reduces errors.  Read more

 

22/09/2009
Sword Group Named to Software Magazine’s 27th Annual Software 500

Sword Group today announced its inclusion on the Software Magazine’s Software 500 ranking of the world’s largest software and service providers.  Read more

 

15/09/2009
Sword FircoSoft solves the new “COV” cover payments watchlist filtering alerts increase issue, long before SWIFT Standards 2009 are live

Sword FircoSoft, the leading global provider of watchlist filtering solutions, today informs on how an existing feature of their product suite will compensate for the alert review workload increase expected when processing new MT202COV cover payments by SWIFT.  Read more

 

09/09/2009
Sword Apak selected to implement global Wholesale Finance solution at Daimler Financial Services

Daimler Financial Services AG, a company of the Daimler Group, has selected Sword Apak (part of
the Sword Group) to implement a universal Wholesale Finance solution as part of its Global Products,Processes and Systems Program.
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01/09/2009
Sword Intech Announces Appointment of Chuck Gomez to Americas Executive Team Sword Intech announces the appointment of Chuck Gomez, SVP Delivery & Operations, to lead account management and implementation services for Sword Intech Americas.  Read more

 

20/08/2009
Sword ECM Principal Consultant Awarded SharePoint MVP Again By Microsoft

Arno Nel has been recognised as a Microsoft
Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for SharePoint for the third time.  Read more

 

18/08/2009
Sword Group appoints John Higgins as Business Unit Director to drive international strategy and growth

Former CA executive joins Sword Group.  Read more

 

18/08/2009
Sword Group opens second office in Cwmbran
More jobs as growth continues for state of the
art Technology Centre.  Read more

 

07/08/2009
New Director of Implementation for Sword Intech

John Krekis takes up new post with leading policy and claims administration solutions provider Sword Intech.  Read more

 

04/08/2009
Vistaprint Rolls Out Sword Ciboodle for Enhanced Customer Support

Sword Ciboodle, provider of customer-oriented business software and services, today announced that it has delivered a comprehensive CRM system to online marketing leader Vistaprint.

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03/08/2009

Sword Intech features in Novarica Market Navigator TM: US Property/Casualty Policy Administration Solutions 2009 (Q3)

Sword Intech, a leading global vendor of policy administration software for commercial lines insurers, today announces that it features in the most recent Novarica Market NavigatorTM for property/casualty insurers.

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22/06/2009

European Commission awards multi-million IT services framework to Sword Group 
The European Commission has awarded the company a €69 million four year framework
contract for the provision of IT services for the Commission’s Seventh Framework
Programme (FP7).

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11/06/2009

Sword Intech Invited to Showcase Open Box+ Policy Administration System at Lloyds’s IT Service Providers Trade Fair

Sword Intech, the leading business software and services for the global insurance and reinsurance industries, has announced that it will be showcasing the latest release of its policy administration software suite Open Box+ at the IT Providers Trade Fair to be held at Lloyd’s of London on Monday 15th June.

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03/06/2009

Sword Apak goes live with De Lage Landen in Spain

The latest country implementation follows De Lage Landen’s decision to select Sword Apak to support its commercial finance technology operations throughout Europe.

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17/05/2009
Sword Intech showcases v2 of its market leading Open Co+ policy administration system at Acord Loma  Read more

13/05/2009
Sword Group completes accretive MBO sale of its Scottish services operations
Sword Group today announces the completion of a management buy-out of its Scottish services operation in line with the company’s stated strategy to focus on its growing software solutions portfolio.  Read more

23/04/2009
Bird & Bird launches new global web site
Leading law firm’s new Web Content Management environment developed by IT partner Sword using Microsoft SharePoint technology Read more

16/04/2009
Sword Ciboodle strikes deal with Admiral
Insurance firm cites software’s flexibility and agility as key to decision  
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15/04/2009
Sword FircoSoft teams with Expertus to launch Firco as a Service

•  New SaaS On-demand watch list filtering and list management service
•  Total low cost of ownership and pay per transactions pricing model
•  Rapid on-boarding
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08/04/2009
Sword Group launches Sword ECM Gadget setting the precedent for enterprise integration
Sword ECM Gadget from the Sword Connect Library securely integrates on-premise enterprise data to Google Apps™  Premier Edition
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26/03/2009
Vhi Healthcare rolls out Sword Ciboodle for world-class customer service
Vhi Healthcare has engaged the company to provide a comprehensive CRM solution to spearhead the organisation’s customer service improvement objectives

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24/03/2009
SSP and Sword FircoSoft offer ASP on-demand filtering service based on Sword FircoSoft

An instant check for an instant decision
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04/03/2009
Mazda selects Sword Apak to support its
Wholesale Finance operations in Switzerland
Mazda has selected financial systems specialists, Sword Apak (part of the Sword Group), to support its wholesale finance technology requirements in Switzerland.

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03/03/2009
BGL chooses Sword Ciboodle For Advanced CRM
Major UK insurance broker to adopt new CRM platform in support of business strategy

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23/02/2009
Strong start to the year for Sword Group
IT portfolio generates pipeline of over €101 million over past four months

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13/01/2009

Françoise Fillot appointed to Sword Group Board

CFO drives financial leadership, governance, disclosure and risk management activities at board level

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13/01/2009

Sword Group continues drive for growth in Cwmbran

State of the art technology centre bucks the trend

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18/12/2008

Sword Ciboodle Receives 2008 Product of the Year Award Presented by Customer Interaction Solutions® Magazine

CRM Software Company Honored for Outstanding Innovation

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17/12/2008

Sword Achiever, has added SQL 2008 compatibility to its widely acclaimed .Net GRC solution

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11/11/2008
Sword Group launches free SharePoint Deployment Planning Services Programme

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20/10/2008
Sword ciboodle cited as the sole leader in process-centric customer service software by independent analyst firm

CRM software product receives highest score for time-to-value

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20/10/2008
HAMILTON OFFICE FOR SWORD GROUP

Bermudian practice boosts software group’s international insurance operations

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12.09.2008
HANNOVER RE SELECTS SWORD INTECH FOR RISK AGGREGATION SOLUTION OPEN XPOSURETM
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15.08.2008
SWORD ANNOUNCES HEALTH BPO DIVISION
New senior mangement appointment
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01/08/2008
INCREASE IN CURRENT OPERATIONAL PROFITABILITY

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29.07.2008
SWORD APPOINTS VP OPERATIONS NORTH AMERICA
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29.07.2008
SWORD SI ALLIANCE TO DELIVER NEXT GENERATION TELEPHONY SOLUTIONS
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29.07.2008
SWORD'S APAK SOLUTION TO SUPPORT DE LAGE LANDEN COMMERCIAL FINANCE TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
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16/07/2008
SECOND QUARTER PERFORMANCE FY2008
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11.07.2008
SWORD OPENS OFFICE IN BERMUDA
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16/04/2008
FIRST QUARTER PERFORMANCE FY 2008
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01/04/2008
SWORD ACQUIRES GRAHAM TECHNOLOGY
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13/03/2008
2007 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS
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22/01/2008
FORTH QUARTER 2007 REVENUE
Excellent performance in terms of growth and profitability
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11/01/2008
SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION 
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21/12/2007
SWORD GROUP ACQUIRES CTSPACE
Strategic acquisition in Q4 for the Group
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21/11/2007
NEW JOINT CEO FOR SWORD GROUP
Heath Davies becomes the first British CEO of French-based IT firm
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17/10/2007
THIRD QUARTER 2007 REVENUE
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19/09/2007
SWORD GROUP ESTABLISHES WELSH OPERATION
New world-class information technology centre supported by Welsh Assembly
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